Board Seminars for College and University Trustees
These are times of great challenge for colleges and universities – and for the nation. There has never been a time when the future of higher education, with all of its implications for America,...
These are times of great challenge for colleges and universities – and for the nation. There has never been a time when the future of higher education, with all of its implications for America,...
Mitch Daniels is an American statesman and higher education leader who served as governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013 and as president of Purdue University from 2013 to 2022. Over a wide-ranging career...
Trustees are supposed to ask questions, expert says A new mandated “loyalty” pledge […]
The Trump administration’s proposed revamp of college accreditation rules could speed up the UNC System’s effort to launch a new accreditor for public universities. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Accreditation, Innovation, and...
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Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz is joining the ranks of other short-lived Michigan university presidencies. Guskiewicz was selected as the 16th president of Clemson University at a Wednesday board meeting. Clemson has been...
A measure passed late Sunday by the Michigan State University board limiting when and how statewide elected trustees can dissent after a board resolution gets approved is “fairly overreaching” and “concerning” to several higher education experts....
ACTA in the NewsDepartment of Education
This week, higher education experts are meeting in Washington to update regulations about accreditation — the quality assurance process that oversees $110 billion taxpayer-funded financial aid dollars. Many of the conversations had during this process are valuable, like...
As the Department of Education heads into its second week of negotiations over accreditation policies, the proposed regulations remain largely unchanged, higher education experts say. That has triggered concerns among institutions and their accreditors about...
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